Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-05-25
Correspondence Of the YOrkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.

Pittsboro, n. c., where he has been invited
to deliver an address at a railroad cele-
bration that took place there on the Goth,
and if this letter is lacking in the vivacity
of his style, the cause will be understood.
Our town is alive with the song of The
bricklayer, and is springing, Ph9niX-llke,
from her ashes, to put on a new beauty.
Work was commenced on the Roddey
building last week, and is going on very
rapidly. The contract is that it is to be
finished by September lst. When finish
ed, it will be a magnificent building.
The building will be $50 feet long, 95 feet
bank, store and hotel. The travelling pub
lie will hail with delight, and especially
the drummers when they come to visit
our town, to find that we have a first class
hotel. All this will be due to the
energy and pluck of our townsman Capt.
w. L. Roddey.
The cornerstone of Messrs. FreW Bros.
store was laid on the vacant lot adjoining
the store room occupied by A. e. Smith &
Co. on last Wednesday, with due cere-
monies. Copies of the YoRKv1LLE EN-
oUIRER, containing account of our late
fire the NeWs and Courier, with an &C.
count of the unwilling of the Calhoun
monument; and the Rock Hill Herald,
containing the latest news of our town
and several other minor papers, also a
twenty-five cent silver piece that was
found in the debris of their former store,
with the date of the fire engraved on
it, were placed upon the foundation stone.
This store will be completed by August
1st, and will be one of the best and pref
test in the up country. 1t is to be three
stories high and on the most approved
style of modern architecture. =
( The wedding bells have sounded again
in our town. This time the contracting
parties are DR.. G.. w. Dick, a rising young
dentist of Sumter, and Miss Carrie Hutch.
ison, a very popular and accomplished
young lady, the daughter of Capt. A: p.
Hutchinson, Of our town. The nuptlals
on last Wednesday evening, Rev. w. b.
Jennings being the officiating clergyman.
The church was beautifully decorated
with evergreens, Southern moss and floral
designs, and was brilliantly Illuminated.
At 8 O'Clock, little Cecil Reid, son of Mr.
T. l.. Reid, perched himself upon the
pulpit above the chancel, dressed as a
sylph with gauze-like wings. He person
ated little Cupid, who is said to play such
sad havoc with hearts, and from a bow
which he carried, shot an arrow into the
chancel. Just at this time the wedding
march commenced, Mrs. B. NJ. FeWell
presiding at the organ, and the we'd
ding party began to file into the church
and take their places around the altar.
The bridesmaids came in first in pairs,
one up either aisle, with an appropriate
interval between each pair, and crossing
in front of the chancel took their proper
places. The groomsmen followed in the
same manner, taking their places beside
their fair companions. Following came
the fair bride leaning on the arm of the
pastor, Rev. w. B. Jennings, and in the
aisle opposite the bridegroom, on the
arm of MI. John T. Roddey. The hap
by pair met in front of the altar and there
the officiating clergyman tied the Gordlan
knot in a very impressive marriage Ger
emony. The party then filed out OF the
church and repaired to the residence OF
Capt. A. E. Hutchinson, where a reception
was given, and the many friends of the
happy couple shoWered upon them thell
congratulations. Thus ended one OF the
most brilliant events that our town has
witnessed. The attendants were as fol
lows: Master George White, of Rock Hill,
and Miss Mary Caldwell, of Charlotte; Mr.
A. C. Gasque, of Marion, and Miss Hattie
Lou Smith, of Glover Mr.. James Iredell
of Columbia, and Miss Halle Caldwell
of Charlotte; Mr.. A. T. White, of Sum
ter, and Miss Alice Moore, of Rock Hill
MI. L. w. Dick, of Sumter, and Miss Am
mie Pride, of Rock Hill Mr.. Clarence
Bratton, of Guthriesville, and Miss En-
ma Wood, of Columbia; Mr.. w. j. Rod
dey, of Rock Hill, and Miss Annie Shiver,
of Columbia; Mr.. J. T. Roddey, of Rock
Hill, and Miss Minnie Jewell, of Rock
Hill. The ushers were: Mr.. Hazel Dick,
of Sumter, and Messrs. John S. Moore ano
j. H. Miller, of Rock Hill.
Many costly and beautiful presents were
received by the wedding pair. On Thurs,
day they boarded the up train to visit
Washington, New York and other North
ern cities. We extend to them our con
CALCULATIONS and wish for them a long life
of happiness and usefulness. -
NJ baseball club has been organized here
with Mr.. S. T. FreW, as Captain so York
Vile may expect to cross bats with "Oul
Boys'' on the diamond field.
Messrs. Charley Frew, Robert Frew,
John McElwee, r. A. Morrison and F.. 0,
London have taken advantage OF the
cheap rates to visit Washington, and left
on Sunday afternoon to join a party Of
Is from Charlotte.
A very few persons from here attended
the Charlotte celebration on the Goth.
Two horses, belonging to Captain A. f.
Hutchinson, ran away with a wagon on
last Tuesday and smashed it to pieces. A
negro was thrown out, but not hurt.
There was a grand display of electricity
and some heavy thunder here on last Fri
day morning, but little rain:
Rev. E. N. Joyner, stated and explain.
ed to his congregation on Sunday night
the difficulties of the negro question which
was raised at the late Episcopal Conven.
ton, as looked at from the standpoint OF
the Churches.
The citizens of our town held a meeting
in Roddey's Hall on Saturday night and
heard the report of the fire committee.
A resolution was unanimously adopted
that it was the sense of the meeting that
the Town Council buy a steam fire engine
on the best terms they could. Mr.. Bussie,
from the Silsby Fire Engine Company,
was present and stated the merits of his
engine, and offered to sell it to the town
on very fair terms, but the council VII! not
purchase just yet, as they wish to neal
from other companies.
The committee on the graded school
have reported, recommending that so,OOC
be appropriated for a school building and
So 900 for a teachers residence, and ina
the school building be erected on the lot at
the rear of Capt. Ed. Mills house.
Capt. Allen Jones, who has been engaged
to secure the right of way for the Z. Z. d
G., Railroad, is making satisfactory prog
ress from this place to the river.
FELIN.